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† Wappiˈneer Obs.
[f. the place-name Wapping, a part of London close to the Docks + -eer1.]
An inhabitant of Wapping. Also attrib. Cf. Wappinger.
1690D'Urfey Collin's Walk ii. 72 In kennel sowc'd o're Head and Ears Amongst the crowding Wappineers. 1710Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal Dram. Pers., Flip, The Commadore, a most illiterate Wappineer-Tar. a1792Horne in Olla Podrida (1820) I. 135 Whilst a Wappineer, a Mile⁓ender, and a Boroughman, are terms proverbially used, about the Exchange.., to express an inferior order of beings. |